MASTER OF ENGINEERING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Course Title: CE 320-10: Transportation Structures Design for Extreme Events
Time: Mondays at 6:00pm
Professor(s): Michael P. Culmo, P.E., Phone: (860)928-7848
Course Description: The AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications specify that transportation structures need to be designed for extreme events. These events are loadings that rarely occur, however may subject the structure to its highest loading during its life. The design of structures for these conditions requires a different approach than with traditional LRFD loadings. The course will focus on extreme events such as earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding, truck collisions and ship collisions. Course work will include studies of code provisions for these loadings and case studies of various transportation structures such as bridges and sign supports. Specialized features to be studied include behavior of bridges during seismic events, design of parapets for truck impacts including crash testing criteria, ship collision criteria, and wind loading provisions for bridges and sign supports.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate concrete design and steel design Undergraduate advanced structural analysis Experience in bridge design preferred
Text: AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Third Edition, 2004, U.S. Customary Units Published by the American Association of State ighway and Transportation Officials ISBN# 1-56051-250-1 Publication Code: LRFDUS-3

Course Title: CE 378-10: Traffic Engineering Characteristics
Time: Thursdays 5pm
Professor(s): John N. Ivan, Ph.D., P.E., Phone: (860)486-0352, E-Mail: john.ivan@uconn.edu
Course Description: Traffic Engineering Characteristics Relationships among traffic flow characteristics; microscopic and macroscopic representations of traffic flow; capacity of highways; traffic stream models; shock wave analysis; queuing analysis; traffic simulation.
Text: Adolf D. May, Traffic Flow Fundamentals, Prentice-Hall, 1990. Highway Capacity Manual, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, 2000.

Location: Offered at either site
Course Title: ENGR 300-XX Project
Time: Monday 4:00 to 7:00PM
Professor(s): TBA
Course Description: Project is matched with faculty member specializing in that application This course involves solution of engineering problems at an advanced graduate level using an investigative approach. Formulating a problem statement and a solution approach, conducting a literature survey, collecting and analyzing data, and preparing a final report are included in the course. The grade for the course will be given based upon the quality and novelty of the final report. The final report must include a unique computational, experimental and/or theoretical component that clearly demonstrates the students' ability to perform graduate-level engineering research, performed under the guidance of a faculty member. Students are expected to meet with their faculty advisors on a regular basis (approximately once per week). The student should expect to dedicate the same amount of time to ENGR 300 as they would dedicate to a regular 3 hour graduate course in engineering.